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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

940 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BARTON COUNTY UNTIL 1215 AM 

CDT...



AT 932 PM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED NUMEROUS TRAFFIC PROBLEMS 

DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD IN GREAT BEND.  REPORTS OF CARS STALLED 

AND SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING...ESPECIALLY HIGHWAY 281 

IN GREAT BEND AT 3RD AND MAIN STREET.  SOME HOUSE FLOODING WAS ALSO 

REPORTED IN SAME AREA. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. BE ESPECIALLY

CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF

FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE

ON FOOT. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



/NOONAN



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